Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 36042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16908]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. 
SPS Technologies, Inc., Civil Action No. 99-2702 (SMO) (D.N.J.) was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of New 
Jersey on June 11, 1999.
    The proposed consent decree resolves claims asserted by the United 
States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA''), against SPS Technologies, Inc. (``Settling Defendant'') 
under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9607. The 
claims sought to recover past response costs incurred at the DeRewal 
Chemical Co. site (``Site'') in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, 
New Jersey. The United States alleged that the settling defendant was 
liable as the generator of the hazardous waste disposed of at the Site 
under Section 107(a)(3) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(1). The Complaint 
states claims against the Settling Defendants under Section 107 of 
CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, for reimbursement of response costs. The 
proposed Consent Decree requires the Settling Defendant to reimburse 
the United States $800,000 in past response costs.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
the proposed consent decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044 and refer to United States v. SPS Technologies, Inc., Civil 
Action No. 99-2702 (SMO) (D.N.J.), DJ #90-11-3-06009.
    Copies of the proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 970 Broad 
Street, Newark, NJ 07102; at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region II, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866; and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, 
(202) 624-0892. A copy of the consent decree may also be obtained in 
person or by mail at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 
3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. When requesting a copy of the 
consent decree by mail, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 
(twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the 
``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 99-16908 Filed 7-1-99; 8:45 am]
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